struct diff_options opts;
 
        renames = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct string_list));
+       if (!o->detect_rename)
+               return renames;
+
        diff_setup(&opts);
        DIFF_OPT_SET(&opts, RECURSIVE);
        DIFF_OPT_CLR(&opts, RENAME_EMPTY);
        o->diff_rename_limit = -1;
        o->merge_rename_limit = -1;
        o->renormalize = 0;
+       o->detect_rename = 1;
        merge_recursive_config(o);
        if (getenv("GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY"))
                o->verbosity =
                o->renormalize = 1;
        else if (!strcmp(s, "no-renormalize"))
                o->renormalize = 0;
-       else if (skip_prefix(s, "rename-threshold=", &arg)) {
+       else if (!strcmp(s, "no-renames"))
+               o->detect_rename = 0;
+       else if (!strcmp(s, "find-renames")) {
+               o->detect_rename = 1;
+               o->rename_score = 0;
+       }
+       else if (skip_prefix(s, "find-renames=", &arg) ||
+                skip_prefix(s, "rename-threshold=", &arg)) {
                if ((o->rename_score = parse_rename_score(&arg)) == -1 || *arg != 0)
                        return -1;
+               o->detect_rename = 1;
        }
        else
                return -1;